The prevalence of personality disorders in Portuguese male prison inmates: Implications for penitentiary treatment
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Nélio Brazão / Carolina da Motta / Daniel Rijo / José Pinto-Gouveia * CINEICC – Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção Cognitivo-Comportamental, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra; ** Universidade dos Açores / CINEICC – Centro de Investigação do Núcleo de Estudos e Intervenção CognitivoComportamental, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra
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